Legal Opinion
Mesa Air Group, Inc. v. Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 2, 1996No. Nos. 96-1017, 96-1131, 96-1154 and 96-1189PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners seek review of orders of the Department of Transportation requiring them to continue to provide air service under certain subsidy agreements even though the Department has unilaterally reduced the subsidies payable under those agreements. Because we conclude that (1) the subsidy agreements are contracts subject to normal *500principles of contract interpretation, not regulations subject to interpretive deference to the Department,…
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